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| 091025 Notebooks, texts and pencils covered a table, above, surrounded by school kids in 1961 (it looked the same in '53 - '57) in the reference department of the old Berkshire Athenaeum on Burbank... |
Posted By: Administrator
10-27-2009
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| 091025 Most research today is done by computer, above as a reference librarian helps conduct an online search at the library.
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Posted By: John Reagan
10-27-2009
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| Strong winds caused damage to trees and proper throughout the Berkshires on Oct 7 and 8 of 2009, but no where near the damage this 1950 storm wroght on Pittsfield and environs. Uprood trees, above,... |
Posted By: Administrator
10-19-2009
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| In Oct. 2009, the trees are long gone, but the houses still stand today. Siding is different and enclosed porches have been added. |
Posted By: Administrator
10-19-2009
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| Kaufman Brothers Inc. started out in 1922 as a wholesale candy business and was occupying these buildings at 70-74 Columbus Ave. in Pittsfield during the 1940s. Kaufman Brothers provided retailers ... |
Posted By: Thanks to John Reagan
10-08-2009
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| The Kaufman brothers sold the building to Bland Electric in 1957. The structures were razed during urban renewal and replace in 1975 by Pittsfield's Central Fire Station, which still stands on the ... |
Posted By: Thanks to John Reagan
10-08-2009
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| The Stanley Club at 66 Wendell Ave. in Pittsfield, shown above in 1953, had just moved from the main house on the property to this barn, damaged by fire in 1948 and rebuilt for club activities. Org... |
Posted By: Administrator
09-26-2009
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| The Stanley Club opened to the public in 1974, but its membership dwindled as GE's presence in the city diminished. The club folded and the building was sold in 1989. It is now the headquarters of ... |
Posted By: Administrator
09-26-2009
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| The Pontoosuc Lake boathouse of the Pittsfield Family YMCA was built in the early 1900s as part of the Y's summer Camp Merrill program for adults. Shown above, in 1960, it was used for swimming as ... |
Posted By: Paul Venti
09-18-2009
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| The building continued in use as a boathouse for many years, but is vacant [and deteriorating] and no longer in use today (2010). |
Posted By: Administrator
09-18-2009
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| This Italianate Victorian mansion at 42 Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield, shown above in the 1930s, was the home of Allen H. Bagg, who served two terms as mayor of Pittsfield, 1905-1907 and 1934-1937. |
Posted By: Administrator
09-18-2009
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| Simon England bought the house in 1937 and presented it to the Women's Club in memory of his wife, Frances, a supporter of women's programs in the city. It is still the club's headquarters today, a... |
Posted By: Administrator
09-18-2009
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